Hwaseong City to Pilot 'Dementia-Safe Senior Centers' at Five Locations

Hwaseong City Health Center (Director Han Sang-nyeong) announced on the 8th that it will pilot operate five 'Dementia-Safe Senior Centers' starting with the senior center at Nature & Desain Apartments in the Dongtan area.

The 'Dementia-Safe Senior Center' is a six-week program in which volunteer 'Dementia Supporters' visit designated senior centers once a week to provide dementia prevention education, dementia support guidance, dementia screening tests, and cognitive enhancement programs to relieve stress in the elderly.

Kim Bok-hee (female, 75), an elderly participant in the program, said, "I was worried about developing dementia later and becoming a burden to my children, but I am very grateful and reassured that they conduct tests and teach me prevention methods."

The Dementia-Safe Senior Centers will operate at five senior centers in the Dongtan, Eastern, Yangam, Songsan, and Seosikji areas, starting from the 8th through June.